scholarly journals E-Teaching in Higher Education: An Essential Prerequisite for E-Learning

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 93-97 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Guri-Rosenblit
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Digital Literacy ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Undergraduate Level ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Teaching In Higher Education ◽  
Essential Prerequisite

The discourse on the implementation of the digital technologies in higher education settings focuses mainly on students’ learning rather than on professors’ teaching. The little attention paid to the crucial role of teachers in online settings results in a restricted and moderate adaptation of the technologies in higher education worldwide. In most higher education institutions, the new technologies are used mainly for add-on functions and not for substituting face-to-face encounters or for an intensive web-enhanced teaching. This article starts with briefly explaining why most students, particularly at the undergraduate level, are unable and/or unwilling to study by themselves without expert teachers to guide their knowledge construction, discusses the problematics of digital literacy of teachers, examines the main reasons for the reluctance of many academics to utilize the technologies more fully in their teaching, and concludes by recommending some strategies for incorporating more fully the huge array of the technologies’ capabilities in higher education institutions. 

Learning across Multiple Spaces

2014 ◽  
pp. 372-392
Author(s):  
Laura Fedeli ◽  
Pier Giuseppe Rossi ◽  
Lorella Giannandrea
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Cultural Heritage ◽  
Traditional Instruction ◽  
Online Courses ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Department Of Education ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
E Learning

This chapter deals with four different case studies represented by graduate and post-lauream courses run at the Department of Education, Cultural Heritage and Tourism at University of Macerata (Italy). These cases synthesize the research developed in the last 10 years by the teaching staff who have promoted the activation of e-learning in the institution. The choice to present different contexts, from blended solutions where face-to-face courses are integrated with online environments to fully online courses, is framed in a new pedagogical perspective; that is, the need to focus on the methodologies and strategies is recognized as successful in e-learning in order to improve the quality of traditional instruction developed in the presence of higher education institutions. This process shifts attention from “quality of e-learning” to “quality through e-learning.” In fact, the differentiated and flexible use of technologies is aimed at helping students become more involved in the educational setting and to help them contextualize their studies more effectively.

The Changing Role of the Academic

2020 ◽  
pp. 71-90
Author(s):  
Jennie Bristow ◽  
Sarah Cant ◽  
Anwesa Chatterjee
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Satisfaction ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Academic Community ◽  
Current Policy ◽  
Instrumental Approach ◽  
Academic Practice ◽  
Teaching In Higher Education ◽  
Changing Role

This chapter examines the curious disappearance of the academic voice, and its implications for those teaching in Higher Education institutions. Current policy on Higher Education constructs academics as providers of a service to the student consume via mechanisms which explicitly incorporate metrics of student satisfaction and experience into the governance of academic practice. The chapter explores how the threat of the litigious student consumer in a competitive market is wielded to discipline the academic. While the imposition of market forces and new forms of governance on academic practice represents an important constraint, the process examined in this chapter is more complex: academics internalise the demands of the new Higher Education, and the sentiment that students’ expectations and experiences pose a threat to their academic practice. Moreover, the split between teaching and research is leading to an increasingly instrumental approach to both. Finally, the chapter discusses how the notion of Higher Education as an extension of schooling has gained traction among the academic community, and where this logic is resisted.

scholarly journals ICT for e-learning in three higher education institutions in Tanzania

2016 ◽  
pp. 200-212
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Mobile Devices ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Limited Resource ◽  
Network Bandwidth ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Effective Use

The advancement in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has brought new opportunities for learning. Tanzania is adopting the new technologies in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) through e-learning and m-learning. However, delivery of learning contents is becoming a challenge for HEIs due to the constraints in resources and network bandwidth. This study discussed learners’ perceptions on using e-learning applications and mobile devices for learning in three HEIs in Tanzania. Findings show that majority of the students own more than one mobile devices which can be used as a tool for facilitating the learning process. It is suggested that in order to improve e-learning content delivery and accessibility under limited resource settings, HEIs in developing countries should make an effective use of emerging mobile computing technologies which are relevant to their respective environments.

scholarly journals The ecosystem of e-learning model for higher education

2019 ◽  
Vol 115 (5/6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentino van de Heyde ◽  
André Siebrits
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Physics Education ◽  
Developmental Process ◽  
Western Cape ◽  
Full Account ◽  
Learning And Teaching ◽  
E Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Teaching In Higher Education

We present the ecosystem of e-learning (EeL) model, which can be applied to any higher education context, and which takes full account of all inhabitants and their interrelationships, not only the components, of the e-learning food chain. Specifically, this model was applied to our context within the University of the Western Cape, highlighting the role of the academic developer within the model. A key argument advanced in this paper is that academic developers should work to reduce complexities associated with emerging e-tools. The EeL model is used to emphasise the role of academic developers as mediators between components and relationships. Significance: By the application of the EeL model, it is demonstrated that the use of e-tools and their alignment with pedagogies within any context must be sensitive to the entire ecosystem, with the recognition that this is simultaneously a top-down and a bottom-up process. The student must be the core focus in the adoption of emerging technologies and the learning process, but simultaneously the student can only be in focus when they are placed within their broader ecosystem – including the societal level. Our findings add to the debate on physics education specifically, and more broadly by providing new ways of conceptualising an e-learning ecosystem. It is advocated that an academic developer-mediator should step in to mediate between academics, tutors and emerging e-tools, through a structured developmental process for learning and teaching. The EeL model can afford an insight into the processes involved when incorporating a learning management system (and emerging e-tools) into learning and teaching in higher education institutions.

scholarly journals Possibilities of Computer-supported Collaborative Learning in Blended-learning

2015 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 415
Author(s):  
Lāsma Ulmane-Ozoliņa
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Collaborative Learning ◽  
Blended Learning ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Theoretical Background ◽  
Computer Supported Collaborative Learning ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Learning Options ◽  
Learning Analysis

<p>Higher education institutions in Latvia offer blended learning where traditional face to face lectures are combined with e-learning options. Research on blended learning in Latvia is very little. Author offers her view on blended learning analysis in Latvia and possibility to introduce computer-supported collaborative learning as tool to involve students in more active learning and learners’ community building. As theoretical background author uses sociocultural theory and participatory metaphor. Article describes several very important issues to put attention on when starting to introduce CSCL and blended learning in Latvia’s higher education institutions.</p>

scholarly journals Testing the success of real-time online delivery channel adopted by higher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates during the Covid-19 pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Iffat Sabir Chaudhry ◽  
Rene Paquibut ◽  
AbuReza Islam ◽  
Habib Chabchoub
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Online Education ◽  
Real Time ◽  
United Arab Emirates ◽  
Success Factors ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Future Outcomes

AbstractE-learning was mandated for all the higher education institutions (HEI) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to encounter the pandemic and practice social distancing in year 2020. This led education institutions to shift from face-to-face traditional classroom settings to online education channels for delivering education to their students despite being less familiar with the real-time remote learning. The current study attempts to measure the success of e-learning systems adopted by the HEIs in UAE. An e-learning system success measuring the framework based on DeLone and McLean (J Manage Inf Syst 19(4):9–30, 2003) was developed including the measures of quality, system use, perceptual benefits and future outcomes from students’ perspective. A survey was conducted from more than 1200 students studying at different higher education institutions of the UAE region. The findings have implications for educators and policy-makers recommending the success factors of e-learning delivery channels in this region.

The Role of Technology in Improving Quality of Teaching in Higher Education

2016 ◽  
pp. 207-227
Author(s):  
Harriet Thindwa
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Teaching Quality ◽  
Learning Technologies ◽  
Quality Of Teaching ◽  
Institutions Of Higher Learning ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Teaching In Higher Education

Students are the future of any country. They are the leaders and entrepreneurs of tomorrow. If teaching quality is undermined, so is the country's overall education system, and therefore, so is a country's future. In this chapter, the role of technology in improving quality of teaching in higher education, which has been declining over the years internationally including in the US, is reviewed. Databases EBSCOhost and Academic Search Complete were employed in this review. Empirical studies have revealed that e-learning technologies such as Moodle improve teaching quality. Given the advancement in technology, institutions of higher learning the world over are challenged to embrace technology as a strategy to engage students and enhance learning.

Implementing E-Learning in University 2.0

2010 ◽  
pp. 278-293
Author(s):  
Betül C. Özkan
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Learning Environments ◽  
Learning Strategies ◽  
Change Process ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Higher Education Institutions ◽  
Information Age ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Future Of Education

Because of the ways students learn and make sense of world change, higher education institutions try to re-conceptualize this change process and search for better approaches to respond to the demands of the information age. This chapter will address current transformation specifically occurring in e-Learning environments through emerging technologies and discuss new approaches to teaching and learning so the future of education can be better grasped. The chapter will also provide a list of suggestions so adoption of new technologies as well as e-Learning strategies will be more effective in Universities 2.0.

Eight Educational Considerations for Hybrid Learning

2010 ◽  
pp. 185-202
Author(s):  
Philip P. Alberts ◽  
Linda A. Murray ◽  
Julia E. Stephenson
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Educational Institution ◽  
Hybrid Learning ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Helping Others ◽  
E Learning ◽  
Higher Educational ◽  
Teaching In Higher Education ◽  
The Way

This chapter sets out educational considerations (pedagogic principles) that can be used to guide the design of hybrid learning. Eight educational considerations have been determined from a review of education theories according to their relevance to teaching in higher education. The origin of each consideration is described and evidence from the literature of their application in e-learning is provided. The way in which this set of educational considerations has been used by the authors to enhance the design of hybrid learning at a UK higher educational institution is described. It is anticipated that those who need to design pedagogically-valid hybrid learning programmes will find the information provided here helpful. Furthermore, those engaged in helping others to combine the advantages of face-to-face teaching and e-learning will be assisted in developing a methodology for changing the approaches of teachers, thus achieving maximum impact on student learning.

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